Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Target in First Live Ballistic Missile Defense Test from Guam
The Ballistic Missile Defense, the first ever from Guam, saw the first use of the AN/TPY-6 radar and the tilting…
U.S. Air Force E-4B Doomsday Planes Replacement Program Progresses
The first B-747-8i to be converted into an E-4C was relocated to Wichita last month for the next phase of…
Leonardo’s Miysis DIRCM and MAIR Threat Warning System Selected for a Government VIP Aircraft
Miysis and MAIR will equip an Airbus A330 selected by an undisclosed government operator to be used as VIP aircraft.…
First Image of Iran’s Yak-130 with R-73 Air-to-Air Missile Emerges
The Yak-130 is now not only the most modern trainer, but the most current jet in the IRIAF inventory. Reports…
Japan Unveils First Images of Upgraded Type-12 Anti-Ship Missile During Tests
The new Type-12 SSM has ‘improved capability’ to be launched from both ground launchers and ships, and offers a stand-off…
Mildenhall’s 352nd Special Operations Wing Takes Delivery of C-146A Wolfhound
On Dec. 4, 2024, C-146A Wolfhound 10-3077 arrived at RAF Mildenhall to begin a new permanently deployed presence in the…
First E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for France Now Under Construction
Northrop Grumman started the production of the first of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW aircraft destined to the French Marine…
Chinese Fujian Aircraft Carrier Returns from Fifth Sea Trials
China’s new Type 003 supercarrier returned last week from its fifth sea trial, which might have also included flight activity…
Russian Su-57 Spotted With Flat 2D Thrust Vectoring Nozzle
The new stealthy nozzle has been installed on the left engine of the T-50-2 prototype, the same used to test…
Dutch F-35As Intercept Russian Aircraft During First Baltic Air Policing Mission in Estonia
The RNLAF’s F-35As, deployed to Estonia after the renovation works at Ämari Airbase, have completed their first QRA missions in…